Metal file cabinet



Oct. 18, 1949. J. COYLE ET AL METAL FILE CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledMay 16, 1946 J, COYLE ET AL METAL FILE CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 18,1949.

Filed May 16, 1946 Patented Oct. 18, 1949 METAL FILE CABINET John Coyleand William F. Punte, Baltimore, Md, assignors to Continental (JanCompany, inc., New York, N. '36., a corporation of New York ApplicationMay 16, 1946, Serial No. 670,207

1 Claim. 1

at the open end thereof and shaped so as to provide a cover rest andwherein the cover is hingedly connected to the reinforcement of thebody.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of the abovetype wherein the reinforcing member is made of a separate piece of metalshaped to embrace the walls of the body and is preferably securedthereto by welding.

A further object of the invention is to provide a file cabinet of theabove type wherein the reinforcing member is beaded and is provided witha rod inserted in the bead and encircling the open end of the body andwherein the cover is provided with extensions at intervals whichencircle the rod, thus forming a hinge connection for. the cover.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part behereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet with the corner portions brokenaway to show the seam connecting the side members to the top and bottomof the cabinet;

Figure 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in verticalsection from front to rear through the cabinet;

Figure 3 is a view showing a. portion of the cabinet in vertical sectionwith the cover partly open;

Figure 4 is a vertical section through the hinge connection between thecover and the body of the container; and

Figure 5 is a view in perspective showing the extensions on the coverwhich encircle the rod in the reinforcing member on the body.

The improved metal file cabinet includes a body portion having a flatfront wall I and a fiat back wall 2. Extending from front to back areflat side walls 3 and 4. Seamed to the lower end of the front, back andside walls of the cabinet is a bottom member 5 which is provided withdownwardly projecting ribs 6, 6 serving as rests for the body of thecabinet. The upper ends of the side members 3 and 4 incline upwardlyfrom front to rear of the cabinet. The front, back and side walls of thecabinet are all offset inwardly, thus providing a shoulder I whichextends all the way around the upper end of the body portion.

Secured to and embracing the upper end of the body wall in the offsetportion thereof is a reinforcing strip of metal 8. This reinforcingstrip of metal is bent upon itself so as to provide an inner member tand an outer member ID. These members fit down over the upper edgeportion of the Wall and are secured thereto by spot welding, asindicated at H. This reinforcing metal strip extends all the way aroundthe open end of the body portion of the cabinet and the inner member tof the strip is notched at the corner in the usual way so that the outermember will form continuous strip. The lower edge portion of the outermember Iii of the reinforcing strip is rolled into a hollow bead l2.This hollow bead rests on the shoulder l. Disposed within the hollowhead is a rod 113 which encircles the open end of the cabinet and formsa further reinforcing member for the upper edge portion of the body.

The cover for the file cabinet includes a fiat front wall i i, a flatrear wall iii and side walls it, it. The lower edges of the side Wallsare similarly inclined to the upper edges of the side walls of the body.A top I! is secured to the front, back and side walls by a seam.

The lower edge portion of the front, back and side walls of the coverare rolled inwardly to form a hollow bead I8. A rod i9 is disposed inthis hollow bead and encircles the cover.

At the rear side at intervals the rear wall I5 is slit and provided withextensions 28, 2B. These extensions are rolled as indicated at 2| so asto encircle the rod it. The rod l3 thus becomes a plntle for theseencircling members 21 and thus the cover is hinged to the body. Theouter dimensions of the cover are similar to the outer dimensions of thebody and the inwardly rolled bead on the cover will extend down over thereinforced inwardly offset portion of the body wall and rest on the beadit when the cover is in closed position.

The reinforcing strip together with the rod l3 encircled by the bead l2form a very rigid reinforcement for the open end of the file cabinet.Likewise, the beaded lower edge portion of the cover, together with therod disposed therein, serves as a very rigid reinforcement for the openend portion of the cover. When the cover is in closed position, itextends down over the reinforced inwardly oifset portion of the bodywall and this prevents dust and dirt from getting into the cabinet whenclosed.

While the reinforcing strip is described above as attached to the [bodyand the cover subsequently hinged thereto, it will be understood thatthis reinforcing strip can be very readily secured to the cover byattachment to the rod l3 and then slipped on over the upper portion ofthe body wall and welded thereto. This makes a very easy way ofassemblingthe cover and body. As a means for holding the cover of thefile cabinet in closed position, a nib is formed in the member ID asated n do ted li t 2 11 will spring over the heaq 18 on the cover andyield:

I ingly hold the cover in closed position.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction andshaping of the parts may be bracing the upwardly extending portion ofthe body walls all the way around the open end of the body, said stripbeing secured to the body as a unit, the outer member of the strip beingrolled into a bead having a rod disposed therein and encircling the end,said .bead contacting the inwardly bent part or the bodywall so as toprovide a strengthened open end, a cover similar in shape to said bodyand dimensioned so as to telescope over the inset portion of the bodywall, said cover having the lower edge thereof rolled inwardly into abead adapted to rest when in closed position on the bead of thereinforcing strip attached to the body, said rear wall of the coverhaving integral extensions encirclnig the rod contained in the bead 0fthe reinforcing strip at spaced intervals for hingeclly connecting thecover to said body.

JOHN COlYLE.

WILLIAM F. PUNTE.

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